Congupna Football Club

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Congupna Football & Netball Club
Names
Full nameCongupna Football & Netball Club
Nickname(s)"The Road"
Leading goalkickerChris Drum (126) - 1978
Club details
Founded1956;69 years ago (1956)
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Competition Murray Football League
CoachBen Bingham
Captain(s)Daniel Schaper
PremiershipsSenior Premierships (8)

1956, 1963, 1964, 1971, 1978, 1991, 1993, 2024

Senior Runner-Up (9)

1957, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1975, 1982, 1998, 2023
Ground(s)Memorial Park
 Congupna Recreation Reserve
Uniforms
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1956 - 1961
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1962 - 2012
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2013 - Current

The Congupna Football & Netball Club, nicknamed the "The Road", is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Congupna located just north of Shepparton, Victoria, that currently compete in the Murray FNL.

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History

A "Congupna" football club (with no ties with the current club) played in the Goulburn Valley Football Association from 1891 to 1906, being runner-up fives times. [1]

Congupna Road Football Club (named after the township of the same name) was formed in 1956 and won the senior premiership of the Kyabram & District Football League in its first season. From 1956 until 1961, Congupna Road participated in the colours of dark navy with a white 'CFC' monogram. Congupna Road then transferred across to the Benalla Tungamah Football League in 1962. It was at this time when the club changed its colours to red with a white 'vee'. Senior football premierships followed in 1963 & 1964.

In 1963, the word "Road" was officially dropped from the town of Congupna Road. The football club took a year to catch up after the word "Road" was removed from the town name and won a premiership in 1963 as the Congupna Road Football Club. In 1964, the club won the premiership as the Congupna Football Club.

The Benalla Tungamah Football League changed its name in 1967 to the Tungamah Football League.

Congupna won Tungamah Football League senior premierships in 1971, 1978, 1991 & 1993.

Congupna hosted the last ever Tungamah Football League Grand Final in 1995 before it changed its name to Goulburn Valley Football League - Division Two.

The club joined the Murray Football League in 1997, [2] making the grand final in just its second season in the competition (1998), losing to Cobram by 33 points.

At the beginning of the 2013 season, the Congupna Football Club changed to its current, more modern jumper style, red with a white 'sash'. The guernseys, still in Congupna's traditional red and white, now feature a road - complete with dotted line - as a diagonal sash.

Season 2023 saw Congupna finish in 2nd spot on the ladder after the Home & Away season and ultimately lost the Grand Final to Mulwala by 33 points, with the exact same score line as their 1998 Grand Final loss to Cobram. The following year, 2024, Congupna won all but one match on its way to a 1 point Grand Final victory over Finley to claim their first senior football premiership in 31 years.

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Memorial Park, Congupna
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The Mark Drum Scoreboard
Sam Muzzi & Maurie Pedretti Ticket Box Memorial Park Ticket-Box.jpg
Sam Muzzi & Maurie Pedretti Ticket Box

Club Song

The official Congupna Football Club song is called "It's a Grand Old Flag" (sung to the tune of George M. Cohan's 1906 song "You're a Grand Old Flag").

It's a grand old flag, it's a high-flying flag,

It's the emblem for me and for you;

It's the emblem of the team we love,

The team of the Red and the White.

Every heart beats right for the Red and the White,

And we sing this song to you:

Should old acquaintance be forgot,

Keep your eye on the Red and the White.

Competition Timeline

Premierships (Seniors)

Kyabram District Football Association: [3] 1956 to 1961

YearPremiersScoreRunner-UpScore
1956Congupna10.10 - 70vsMerrigum09.04 - 58

Benalla Tungamah Football League: [4] 1962 - 1966

YearPremiersScoreRunner-UpScore
1963Congupna10.09 - 69vsMulwala04.11 - 35
1964Congupna12.15 - 87vsTungamah08.14 - 62

Tungamah Football League: [4] 1967 to 1995

1971 Tungamah FL Senior Grand Final
YearPremiersScoreRunner-UpScore
1971Congupna16.17 - 113vsKatandra14.12 - 96
1978 Tungamah FL Senior Grand Final
YearPremiersQ1Q2Q3Q4ScoreRunner-UpQ1Q2Q3Q4Score
1978Congupna8.410.614.1215.1615.16 - 106vsKatandra3.18.911.1315.1415.14 - 104
526696106195779104

Goals

Congupna: J. Hueston 5, C. Drum 3, B. Drum 3, C. Lyle, J. Kerr, A. Bicknell, B. Phillips

Katandra: R. LeLiever 4, D. Wilkie 4, L. Burgmann 3, G. Rowan 2, R. Sidebottom, R. Kendall

Best

Congupna: G. Franze, J. Cooper, B. Phillips, A. Hueston, A. Bicknell, B. Leaf

Katandra: D. Wilkie, G. Teague, R. Sidebottom, K. Teague, C. Senior, P. Wickham

1991 Tungamah FL Senior Grand Final
YearPremiersQ1Q2Q3Q4ScoreRunner-UpQ1Q2Q3Q4Score
1991Congupna2.63.65.106.1206.12 - 48vsKatandra1.03.113.113.1603.16 - 34
182440486292934

Goals

Congupna: P. Murray, X. Tanner, M. Simsen, P. Hicks, R. Warburton, R. Van Den Driest

Katandra: G. Teague, P. Squire, B. Fuller

Best

Congupna: X. Tanner, B. Drummond, P. Hicks, R. Van Den Driest, R. McColl, C. Bowe

Katandra: D. Bassett, W. Grinter, B. Fuller, A. Kilmartin, B. Collins, R. Sidebottom

1993 Tungamah FL Senior Grand Final
YearPremiersQ1Q2Q3Q4ScoreRunner-UpQ1Q2Q3Q4Score
1993Congupna4.37.912.1115.1215.12 - 102vsBenalla All Blacks7.39.413.515.715.07 - 97
27518310245588397

Goals

Congupna: P. Murray 7, R. Warburton 6, D. Crowe, A. Bicknell

All Blacks: D. Sharpe 3, A. Rolls 3, A. Putt 2, P. Woods 2, J. Martiniello 2, J. Beaton, S. Coutts, S. Allen

Best

Congupna: X. Tanner, A. Woods, R. Van Den Driest, P. Storer, R. Warburton, P. Murray

All Blacks: J. Martiniello, J. Beaton, D. Wright, D. Putt, H. Davidson, L. Gilchrist

Murray Football League: [5] 1997 to Present

2024 Murray FL Senior Grand Final
YearPremiersQ1Q2Q3Q4ScoreRunner-UpQ1Q2Q3Q4Score
2024Congupna2.23.57.89.1109.11 - 65vsFinley1.22.43.89.1009.10 - 64
142350658162664

Goals

Congupna: J. Trewin 4, D. Schaper 2, K. Mueller 2, J. Norman

Finley: M. Carson 2, J. White, T. Lang, N Burns, Z. Brain, L. Moore, L. Hawkins, A. Robertson

Best

Congupna: S. Buxton, J. Boyer, J. Trewin, R. Damianopoulos, B. Squire, C. Boyer

Finley: L. Moore, K. Sharp, M. Carson, A. Robertson. J. White, T. Lang

Runner-Up (Seniors)

Kyabram District Football Association: [3] 1956 to 1961

YearPremiersScoreRunner-UpScore
1957Merrigum10.06 - 66vsCongupna06.06 - 42
1960Shepparton East11.12 - 78vsCongupna07.06 - 48

Benalla Tungamah Football League: [4] 1962 - 1966

YearPremiersScoreRunner-UpScore
1962Dookie10.07 - 67vsCongupna08.11 - 59
1965Dookie11.09 - 75vsCongupna07.10 - 52

Tungamah Football League: [4] 1967 to 1995

YearPremiersScoreRunner-UpScore
1967Wilby11.16 - 82vsCongupna07.12 - 54
1975Katandra19.23 - 137vsCongupna10.13 - 73
1982Shepparton East18.14 - 122vsCongupna14.12 - 96

Murray Football League: [4] 1997 to Present

YearPremiersScoreRunner-UpScore
1998Cobram14.14 - 98vsCongupna09.11 - 65
2023Mulwala14.14 - 98vsCongupna09.11 - 65

Premierships & Runner-Up (Reserves)

Benalla Tungamah Football League: 1962 to 1966

Tungamah Football League: 1967 to 1995

Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2: 1996

Murray Football League: 1997 - Present

Premierships & Runner-Up (Thirds)

Tungamah Football League: 1967 to 1995

Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2: 1996

Murray Football League: 1997 - Present

Premierships & Runner-Up (Fourths)

Tungamah Football League: 1967 to 1995

Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2: 1996

Murray Football League: 1997 - Present

League Best & Fairest Winners (Seniors)

Kyabram District Football Association: 1956 to 1961 - (McNamara Medal)

Benalla Tungamah Football League: 1962 to 1966 - (Lawless Family Medal)

Tungamah Football League: 1967 to 1995 - (Lawless Family Medal)

Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2: 1996 - (Lawless Family Medal)

Murray Football League: 1997 to Present - (O'Dwyer Medal)

League Leading Goal Kicking Winners (Seniors)

Kyabram District Football Association: 1956 to 1961

Benalla Tungamah Football League: 1962 to 1966

Tungamah Football League: 1967 to 1995

Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2: 1996

Murray Football League: 1997 to Present

Club Records (Seniors)

Individual

Most Games - Chris Drum (284)

Most Goals (season) - Chris Drum (126) - 1978

Most Goals (game) - Chris Drum (15) vs Benalla All Blacks - Rd. 8, 1978

Most Goals (game) - Kyle Mueller (15) vs Barooga - Rd.17, 2024

Club

Most Consecutive Games Won - (33) - Rd.7, 2024 to 2nd Semi Final, 2025 (current streak)

Most Consecutive Quarters Won - (69) - Qtr.1, Rd.1, 2025 to Qtr.1, Rd.18, 2025

200 Games (Seniors)

Team of the Half-Century - 1956 to 2006

Congupna Team of the Half Century
B:Don DempsterPeter PyleDenis Smythe
HB:Mick GleesonPat StorerPhil Stevenson
C:Mark SimsenDamian DrumGerald Farrell
HF:Xavier TannerChris Drum (Captain)Ted Pedretti
F:Ashley BicknellGuy MadiganAlan Hueston
Foll:Jock O'ConnerStuart JoyceShaun Gordon
Int:Andrew WoodsJohn Hueston
Darren HumphreyJim Horridge
Res:Bryan LeafKen PettieGeoff Weppner
Coach:Jock O'Conner

Netball - Premierships (A Grade)

Tungamah Football League: 1967 to 1995

Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2: 1996

Murray Football League: 1997 to Present

Netball - League Best & Fairest Winners (A Grade)

Tungamah Football League: 1967 to 1995

Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2: 1996

Murray Football League: 1997 to Present

Life Members

VFL/AFL Players

Facilities

References

  1. ↑ "1906 - GVFA - Final Ladders". Numurkah Leader. 7 September 1906. p. 3 – via Trove Newspapers.
  2. ↑ Devaney, John. "Australian Football – Congupna Football Club – Stats". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Kyabram District Football Netball League", Wikipedia, 13 June 2025, retrieved 25 July 2025
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Benalla Tungamah Football League", Wikipedia, 23 July 2025, retrieved 25 July 2025
  5. 1 2 "Murray Football Netball League", Wikipedia, 16 July 2025, retrieved 25 July 2025
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